[briggek8717]

I faired pretty well in my trip to Vegas. I came out about $400 ahead while playing poker. Unfortunately, I was down about $300 in other casino games (including my wife's losses). This hand below really got me steaming though.

I was playing $1/2 NL and having a pretty cold run of cards for a while before being dealt pocket 10s and was under the gun. So, I raised it to $10 and got 3 callers. Then the big blind goes all in for $31 total. I think about it and figure it is either a coin flip (2 over cards) or he has a higher pocket pair, but since it is just $20 more and there is already about $70 in the pot, I call. Little did I know that the other people who had called for $10 also called the $31. So, now there is $155 in the pot when we go to the flop. The flop comes 10, 6, 4 with 2 spades. I immediatley go all in with my remaining $114 since I hit my trips and have the best hand at the time. 2 of the other 3 that weren't already all in go all in too! I had them both covered by about $40. So, now the pot is over $300. On the turn comes a spade on a guy starts to celebrate and then on the river I don't remember what comes, but it wasn't anything helpful. Now, guess what the guy that was celebrating had...I'm sure you know he had the flush, but guess what his hole cards were........... 2/7 of spades. Yep, he called $31 in raises with a 2/7 of spades. The guy that won this pot ended up giving it all back chasing other hands, but unfortunately, I didn't get much of it.

Would you have just folded when the guy raised to $31 all in? Would you have raised it over the $31 to isolate just him?

[hachkc]

Originally Posted by briggek8717

I faired pretty well in my trip to Vegas. I came out about $400 ahead while playing poker. Unfortunately, I was down about $300 in other casino games (including my wife's losses). This hand below really got me steaming though.

I was playing $1/2 NL and having a pretty cold run of cards for a while before being dealt pocket 10s and was under the gun. So, I raised it to $10 and got 3 callers. Then the big blind goes all in for $31 total. I think about it and figure it is either a coin flip (2 over cards) or he has a higher pocket pair, but since it is just $20 more and there is already about $70 in the pot, I call. Little did I know that the other people who had called for $10 also called the $31. So, now there is $155 in the pot when we go to the flop. The flop comes 10, 6, 4 with 2 spades. I immediatley go all in with my remaining $114 since I hit my trips and have the best hand at the time. 2 of the other 3 that weren't already all in go all in too! I had them both covered by about $40. So, now the pot is over $300. On the turn comes a spade on a guy starts to celebrate and then on the river I don't remember what comes, but it wasn't anything helpful. Now, guess what the guy that was celebrating had...I'm sure you know he had the flush, but guess what his hole cards were........... 2/7 of spades. Yep, he called $31 in raises with a 2/7 of spades. The guy that won this pot ended up giving it all back chasing other hands, but unfortunately, I didn't get much of it.

Would you have just folded when the guy raised to $31 all in? Would you have raised it over the $31 to isolate just him?

It depends, are they the type ot mentally committ to the pot preflop because they've already called a raise to $10. If so, forget it. If I think I can get them out, okay. Plus if you just call they are getting over 3:1 odds to call with better position than you or the raiser. IMHO, TT UTG is not a hand I want to raise PF with depending on my read of the table not that it would have made any difference here though. Occasionally, its a good raise if you are mixing things up. In this case, it actually worked out as you flopped top set yet everyone probably puts you on a better hand.

BTW, nothing worse than donk's taking your money with crap hands and then distributing it to everyone else.

[gwilkx]

i agree with hachkc here. in a typical loose 1/2 game, i'm going to limp w/ TT and potentially reraise to isolate a late position raiser. TT is extremely vulnerable when out of position, but it's a great trapping hand in NL.

that said, when the raise to 31 comes, i'm probably moving in to isolate. the guys who just flat called your raise surely don't have a hand better than what you're holding, and by just calling you're saying "i don't have a premium pair" along with giving them good odds to play suited connectors and unpaired broadway cards.

i like the move on the flop, just unfortunate that you got drawn out on.

gw-

[Brent]

Reraise all-in preflop.